scorpio

UK /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/ US /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/

name 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

gentle, hard, soon, sooner, trying

VERB + SCORPIO

am, claws, isn't, love, love-bombed

SCORPIO + NOUN

aquarius, capricorn, chel, guy, people, sagittarius

PREP.

around, between, in, in, with, with

ADV.

absolutely, actually, emotionally, simply

Definitions

name

Scorpius.

The Scholiast on Virgil says that anciently there were but eleven signs, the claws of Scorpio, called Chelæ, taking the place of Libra.

Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.

The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

noun

Someone with a Scorpio star sign

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the eighth sign of the zodiac

scorpion

noun — a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius

scorpius

noun — (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

scorpion

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The Scholiast on Virgil says that anciently there were but eleven signs, the claws of Scorpio, called Chelæ, taking the place of Libra.

Wiktionary

Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.

Wiktionary

The twelve signs of the Zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

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The constellation Scorpio is hard to observe because of its southerly position from Central Europe.

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I am a Scorpio, but gentle.

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Tom is a Scorpio.

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